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1882 Dans les Roses by Renoir
2003 SOLD for $ 23.5M by Sotheby's
Monsieur and Madame Clapisson are wealthy rentiers, 46 and 33 years old. In 1882 Monsieur begins collecting art. He invites Renoir to make a portrait of his wife in the garden of their Neuilly mansion.
This oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm features Valentine Clapisson taking tea, seated on a bench amidst the roses, with a verdant background. Renoir reminded afterward that he had a real pleasure painting this charming and quiet figure, gently smiling to the artist. An umbrella beside her confirms the sunny weather.
In a current view, it is one of the best portrait paintings by Renoir. In period the husband considered its bright colors as daring and rejected it. Renoir kept it for some time under a title that would not shock the bourgeois. It was later known with a better title, Dans les roses. He made another portrait which was accepted by the jealous husband.
Out of view from 1937, Dans les Roses was sold by Sotheby's on May 6, 2003 for $ 23.5M, lot 18. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
In the same theme with another sitter and in a more impressionist touch, L'Ombrelle, oil on canvas 62 x 51 cm painted in 1878, was sold for £ 9.7M by Christie's on February 6, 2013.
This oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm features Valentine Clapisson taking tea, seated on a bench amidst the roses, with a verdant background. Renoir reminded afterward that he had a real pleasure painting this charming and quiet figure, gently smiling to the artist. An umbrella beside her confirms the sunny weather.
In a current view, it is one of the best portrait paintings by Renoir. In period the husband considered its bright colors as daring and rejected it. Renoir kept it for some time under a title that would not shock the bourgeois. It was later known with a better title, Dans les roses. He made another portrait which was accepted by the jealous husband.
Out of view from 1937, Dans les Roses was sold by Sotheby's on May 6, 2003 for $ 23.5M, lot 18. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
In the same theme with another sitter and in a more impressionist touch, L'Ombrelle, oil on canvas 62 x 51 cm painted in 1878, was sold for £ 9.7M by Christie's on February 6, 2013.
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1882 MANET
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Lilas et Roses
2018 SOLD for $ 13M by Christie's
In 1882 the health condition of Edouard Manet worsens. Reclusive in his studio, he continues to work but in smaller formats.
Manet has many friends who visit him. He has always enjoyed to meet women. After they leave, he likes to paint the bouquets they have brought. The choice of flowers nicely reflects the visitor's personality. This joyous freshness certainly soothes the sufferings of the artist. Flowers are a reminder of how much life is transient.
These ultimate still lifes display roses, peonies or lilacs on a neutral background. The language of flowers is very effective in its simplicity of brush strokes and colors. The stems and the meniscus appear through the glass vase.
On May 8, 2018, Christie's sold for $ 13M from a lower estimate of $ 7M Lilas et roses, oil on canvas 32 x 25 cm, lot 7. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Manet had presented this floral still life to the daughter of his doctor in November 1882. In her enthusiastic gratitude, the young woman commented that such flowers will never fade. Acquired in 1938 by Abby and John D. Jr, this very elegant small painting adorned the apartments of two generations of the Rockefeller family.
Manet has many friends who visit him. He has always enjoyed to meet women. After they leave, he likes to paint the bouquets they have brought. The choice of flowers nicely reflects the visitor's personality. This joyous freshness certainly soothes the sufferings of the artist. Flowers are a reminder of how much life is transient.
These ultimate still lifes display roses, peonies or lilacs on a neutral background. The language of flowers is very effective in its simplicity of brush strokes and colors. The stems and the meniscus appear through the glass vase.
On May 8, 2018, Christie's sold for $ 13M from a lower estimate of $ 7M Lilas et roses, oil on canvas 32 x 25 cm, lot 7. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Manet had presented this floral still life to the daughter of his doctor in November 1882. In her enthusiastic gratitude, the young woman commented that such flowers will never fade. Acquired in 1938 by Abby and John D. Jr, this very elegant small painting adorned the apartments of two generations of the Rockefeller family.
#LiveLikeARockefeller ‘Lilas et roses’ by #EdouardManet has brought joy to 2 generations of the Rockefeller family. “I remember very clearly this small...picture hanging in Mother’s sitting room,” David Rockefeller recalled. “It is...a painting that gives ongoing pleasure.” pic.twitter.com/FIUWrXlDTP
— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) February 11, 2018
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Bouquet de Pivoines
2010 SOLD for £ 7.7M by Sotheby's
Bouquet de pivoines, oil on canvas 55 x 42 cm painted by Manet in 1882, was sold for £ 7.7M from a lower estimate of £ 4M by Sotheby's on June 22, 2010, lot 34. It had been earlier owned by Max Liebermann. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
The red and pink peonies are in full bloom. The glass vase is in orientalist style.
The red and pink peonies are in full bloom. The glass vase is in orientalist style.
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Vase de Fleurs, Roses et Lilas
2024 SOLD for $ 10M by Sotheby's
Vase de Fleurs, Roses et Lilas, oil on canvas 56 x 35 cm painted by Manet in 1882, was sold for $ 10M from a lower estimate of $ 7M by Sotheby's on May 16, 2024, lot 31. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
1882-1885 Dans les Coulisses by Degas
2018 SOLD for £ 9M by Christie's
Edgar Degas obtained through the support of his childhood friend the playwright Ludovic Halévy an unlimited access to the Paris Opera. In the early 1880s he spent a considerable time therein, seeking the atmosphere in the rehearsal and resting rooms of the artists and in the backside.
On February 27, 2018, Christie's sold for £ 9M an intimist and spontaneous scene titled Dans les coulisses, lot 20. Typical of the period 1882-1885, this 67 x 38 cm artwork is a pastel on linen, a rare combination even for this artist who was looking for unprecedented solutions.
A woman and a man stand side by side in the stage wings. The young woman holds a sheet of music : this simple information is enough to identify that she is a singer waiting before performing her role. She is focused on her observation of the stage out of field of the image. She does not care about the man who is yet very close to her. He is an abonné who has subscribed for his privilege to wander everywhere inside the theater.
The composition is bold, just as Degas loved it. The man who is somehow an intruder is half off the field. The very demanding artist was satisfied with its ambience effect. In 1889 it was included in the short list of fifteen highly significant examples from his art selected by Degas himself for a lithographic edition by Thornley.
Please watch the video shared by Christie's.
On February 27, 2018, Christie's sold for £ 9M an intimist and spontaneous scene titled Dans les coulisses, lot 20. Typical of the period 1882-1885, this 67 x 38 cm artwork is a pastel on linen, a rare combination even for this artist who was looking for unprecedented solutions.
A woman and a man stand side by side in the stage wings. The young woman holds a sheet of music : this simple information is enough to identify that she is a singer waiting before performing her role. She is focused on her observation of the stage out of field of the image. She does not care about the man who is yet very close to her. He is an abonné who has subscribed for his privilege to wander everywhere inside the theater.
The composition is bold, just as Degas loved it. The man who is somehow an intruder is half off the field. The very demanding artist was satisfied with its ambience effect. In 1889 it was included in the short list of fifteen highly significant examples from his art selected by Degas himself for a lithographic edition by Thornley.
Please watch the video shared by Christie's.
Edgar Degas’s ‘Dans Les Coulisses’ will star in our Impressionist and Modern Art evening auction on 27 Feb. Chosen by Degas as one of few works to be reproduced in his lifetime, this work has not been seen in public for 10 years #Impressionism #AuctionHighlight #Christies pic.twitter.com/i8ZOu2jLg3
— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) January 29, 2018
1882 Raccommodeuses de Filets dans les Dunes by Van Gogh
2018 SOLD for € 7.1M by Artcurial
In January 1882 Vincent van Gogh left the family home to settle in The Hague. Once again he had quarreled with his parents. He is rejected by women excepted by prostitutes. He would have liked to be a missionary serving the rural working class but he was too undisciplined. He possibly already had a dementia attack.
At almost 29 it is high time for Vincent to find a job. He imagines that by becoming an artist he may realize his dream of social helping. Fortunately his younger brother Theo supports him. Theo who is an art dealer as an employee of Goupil will provide Vincent with the hardware he needs for his new vocation. Vincent begins to inform Theo of his progress in a detailed and heart felt correspondence.
Vincent admires the painters of rural scenes. He works a bit with his distant cousin Anton Mauve but gets angry very early with him. In The Hague and at the seaside in Scheveningen, Vincent has no other influences than nature and his craze for Millet.
Vincent will however become a great artist because he is very sensitive to colors. In Scheveningen he gets into the habit of painting outdoor before, during and after the squalls. The attitudes of women who mend the fishing nets resemble Millet's peasants in the fields, and these widely extended nets create a multi-hued ground. The tumultuous sky anticipates the masterpieces of the end of his life.
Raccommodeuses de filets dans les dunes, oil on paper 42 x 63 cm painted in August 1882 and laid down on panel, was sold for € 7.1M from a lower estimate of € 3M by Artcurial on June 4, 2018, lot 14. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
At almost 29 it is high time for Vincent to find a job. He imagines that by becoming an artist he may realize his dream of social helping. Fortunately his younger brother Theo supports him. Theo who is an art dealer as an employee of Goupil will provide Vincent with the hardware he needs for his new vocation. Vincent begins to inform Theo of his progress in a detailed and heart felt correspondence.
Vincent admires the painters of rural scenes. He works a bit with his distant cousin Anton Mauve but gets angry very early with him. In The Hague and at the seaside in Scheveningen, Vincent has no other influences than nature and his craze for Millet.
Vincent will however become a great artist because he is very sensitive to colors. In Scheveningen he gets into the habit of painting outdoor before, during and after the squalls. The attitudes of women who mend the fishing nets resemble Millet's peasants in the fields, and these widely extended nets create a multi-hued ground. The tumultuous sky anticipates the masterpieces of the end of his life.
Raccommodeuses de filets dans les dunes, oil on paper 42 x 63 cm painted in August 1882 and laid down on panel, was sold for € 7.1M from a lower estimate of € 3M by Artcurial on June 4, 2018, lot 14. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
1882 Varengeville by Monet
2014 SOLD for £ 5.7M by Christie's
Claude Monet has always been inspired by the landscapes of Normandy. His private life became complicated after the death of his young wife Camille in 1879. In 1882, he left for a lonesome promenade to discover the most beautiful sites on the coast.
This expedition is a restart for Monet's art. He empties his images of any character to better focus on light and color. In his views of Varengeville-sur-Mer, civilization is reduced to the building and steeple of the chuch in the distance on the horizon.
Much more intensely than in his previous period, Monet permeates into the differences of atmospheres by the hours of the day. He painted four times Varengeville in a coherent series that anticipates by ten years the cathedrals of Rouen.
The painting of Varengeville at sunset, oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm, was sold for £ 5.7M from a lower estimate of £ 4M by Christie's on February 4, 2014, lot 16. The mist brings a great subtlety to the warm colors. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Normandy excited and even revived the artistic creativity of Claude Monet, the greatest innovator of modern painting. As early as in the following year, he settled in Giverny.
This expedition is a restart for Monet's art. He empties his images of any character to better focus on light and color. In his views of Varengeville-sur-Mer, civilization is reduced to the building and steeple of the chuch in the distance on the horizon.
Much more intensely than in his previous period, Monet permeates into the differences of atmospheres by the hours of the day. He painted four times Varengeville in a coherent series that anticipates by ten years the cathedrals of Rouen.
The painting of Varengeville at sunset, oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm, was sold for £ 5.7M from a lower estimate of £ 4M by Christie's on February 4, 2014, lot 16. The mist brings a great subtlety to the warm colors. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Normandy excited and even revived the artistic creativity of Claude Monet, the greatest innovator of modern painting. As early as in the following year, he settled in Giverny.
1880-1882 Venetian Loggia by Sargent
2004 SOLD for $ 5.6M by Sotheby's
Inspired by the art of Velazquez after a visit to Spain in 1879, John Singer Sargent was increasingly looking for unprecedented subjects with special light and color effects. He desired his art to be confronted with the avant-garde French painting.
After an extended stay in Venice in the fall of 1880 and early 1881, he went back to that city in late 1882. He painted through both stays a series of images featuring local women in their working day inside a palazzo or in a street.
Venetian Loggia, oil on canvas 72 x 81 cm, stages seven women, not interacting with one another, the one in forefront with a baby on her lap. The room is lit through an arched arcade that creates an illusion of orientalism. The palace is not identified and the picture was titled from 1898 to 1960 Spanish cloister or Spanish courtyard. Spanish and Venetian subjects were indeed intertwined in Sargent's oeuvre of the period.
It was sold for $ 5.6M by Sotheby's on May 19, 2004, lot 18. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
After an extended stay in Venice in the fall of 1880 and early 1881, he went back to that city in late 1882. He painted through both stays a series of images featuring local women in their working day inside a palazzo or in a street.
Venetian Loggia, oil on canvas 72 x 81 cm, stages seven women, not interacting with one another, the one in forefront with a baby on her lap. The room is lit through an arched arcade that creates an illusion of orientalism. The palace is not identified and the picture was titled from 1898 to 1960 Spanish cloister or Spanish courtyard. Spanish and Venetian subjects were indeed intertwined in Sargent's oeuvre of the period.
It was sold for $ 5.6M by Sotheby's on May 19, 2004, lot 18. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
1882 Argenteuil by CAILLEBOTTE
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1882 La Seine
2010 SOLD for $ 5.1M by Christie's
Views of the Seine by Caillebotte are common, with the blue river, the reflections, the small boats, almost always in medium format. In two years, 1882 and 1883, he executed no less than 15 paintings on that theme, with a low traffic on the waterway, for his own contemplation.
An oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm painted in 1882 was sold for $ 5.1M by Christie's on November 3, 2010, lot 7. It shows two small boats at rest, awaiting their sails. The boats have been identified as belonging to the artist. He departed from one of them in May 1882. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
An oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm painted in 1882 was sold for $ 5.1M by Christie's on November 3, 2010, lot 7. It shows two small boats at rest, awaiting their sails. The boats have been identified as belonging to the artist. He departed from one of them in May 1882. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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1882-1883 Le Bassin
2022 SOLD for $ 4.9M by Christie's
A view 65 x 81 cm of the 1882-1883 series, painted by Caillebotte from Petit-Gennevilliers was sold by Christie's for $ 4.2M on May 7, 2022, lot 17 and for $ 4.9M on November 17, 2022, lot 44. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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